Frank Cady
Frank Cady
Balding, long-necked character actor Frank Cady was a stage actor of long standing when he moved into films in 1947. He was usually cast as a quiet, unassuming small town professional man, most memorably as the long-suffering husband of the grief-stricken alcoholic Mrs. Daigle (Eileen Heckart) in The Bad Seed (1957). A busy television actor, he spent much of the 1950s on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Ozzie Nelson's neighbor Doc Willard. The "TV Generation" of the 1960s knows Cady best as philosophical storekeeper Sam Drucker on the bucolic sitcoms Petticoat Junction (1963-1970) and Green Acres (1965-1971). Whenever he wanted to briefly escape series television and recharge his theatrical batteries, Frank Cady appeared with the repertory company at the prestigious Mark Taper's Forum. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Frank Cady:
- Ace in the Hole with Kirk Douglas , Jan Sterling , Robert Arthur , Porter Hall , Richard Benedict , Ray Teal , Lewis Martin , John Berkes , Frances Dominguez , Gene Evans , Frank Jaquet , Geraldine Hall , Richard Gaines , Bob Bumps , Ken Christy , Iron Eyes Cody , Lester Dorr , Claire DuBrey , Edith Evanson , William Fawcett , Harry Sr. Harvey , Larry Hogan , Robert F. Kortman , Ralph Moody , Bert Moorhouse , Billy Sheehan , Jack Roberts , Bert Stevens
- Let's Make It Legal with Claudette Colbert , MacDonald Carey , Zachary Scott , Barbara Bates , Robert Wagner , Marilyn Monroe , Jim Hayward , Carol Savage , Paul Gerrits , Vicki Raaf , Ralph Sanford , Harry Denny , Harry Sr. Harvey , Betty Jane Bowan , Abe Dinovitch , Kathleen Freeman , Renny McEvoy , Michael Ross , Frank Sully , Beverly Thompson , Wilson Wood , James Magill , Jack Mather , Roger Moore
- When Worlds Collide with Richard Derr , Barbara Rush , Peter Hanson , John Hoyt , Larry Keating , Judith Ames , Stephen Chase , Hayden Rorke , Sandro Giglio , Mary Murphy , Laura Elliot , Kirk Alyn , Gertrude Astor , Gene Collins , James Congdon , Marcel DeLaBrosse , Arthur Gilmore , Ramsay Hill , Rudy Lee , Freeman Lusk , Joseph Mell , Leonard Mudie , Gay Nelson , John Ridgely , Frances Sanford , James Seay , Queenie Smith , Robert Sully , Stuart Whitman , Paul H. Frees , W. Wallace Kelley , Estelle Etterre , Sam Finn , Charmienne Harker , Hassan Khayyam , William Meader , Richard Vath , Keith Richards , Harry Stanton
- Seven Faces of Dr. Lao with Tony Randall , Barbara Eden , Arthur O'Connell , John Ericson , Argentina Brunetti , Kevin Tate , Noah Jr. Beery , Royal Dano , Lee Patrick , John Qualen , Minerva Urecal , Eddie Little Sky , Frank Kreig , Dallas McKennon , Chubby Johnson , Douglas Fowley , John Doucette , Tony Randall , Tony Randall , Tony Randall , Tony Randall , Tony Randall , Peggy Rea
- Rear Window with James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Wendell Corey , Thelma Ritter , Raymond Burr , Judith Evelyn , Georgine Darcy , Sara Berner , Rand Harper , Jesslyn Fax , Irene Winston , Havis Davenport , Bennie Bartlett , Iphigenie Castiglioni , Kathryn Grant , Marla English , Bess Flowers , Fred Graham , Len Hendry , Harry Landers , Alan Lee , Mike Mahoney , Eddie Parker , Ralph Smiley , Anthony Warde , James Cornell , Jerry Antes , Ross Sr. Bagdasarian , Dick Simmons
- The Bad Seed with Nancy Kelly , Patty McCormack , Henry Jones , Eileen Heckart , Evelyn Varden , William Hopper , Paul Fix , Jesse White , Gage Clarke , Joan Croydon , Henry Jones
- The Gnome-Mobile with Walter Brennan , Tom Lowell , Matthew Garber , Karen Dotrice , Ed Wynn , Richard Deacon , Sean T. McClory , Jerome Cowan , Charles Lane , Norman Grabowski , Gil Lamb , Maudie Prickett , Ellen Corby , Hal Baylor , Karl Held , Charles B. Smith , Byron K. Foulger , Susan Flannery , Ernestine Barrier , Dee Carroll , William Fawcett , Robert S. Carson , John Cliff , Mickey Martin , Alvy Moore , Dale vanSickel , Parley Baer , Jimmy Murphy , Jesslyn Fax , Carla Borelli , Amedee Chabot , Susan Henning , Carol Merrill , Cami Serbing , Virginia Aldridge , Judy vanWormer , Marianna Case , Jack Davis
- Million Dollar Duck with Sandy Duncan , Dean Jones , Lee H. Montgomery , Joe Flynn , Tony Roberts , James Gregory , Adriana Ambesi , Edward Andrews , Billy Bowies , Howard Culver , Andrew Duncan , Bernard Fox , Stu Gilliam , Arthur Hunnicutt , Sammy Jackson , Hank Jones , Ted Jordan , Jack Kruschen , Bryan O'Byrne , Ed Reimers , Pete L. Renoudet , Fran Ryan , Vaughn Taylor , Virginia Vincent , Frank Wilcox , Jack Bender , Hal Smith , George O'Hanlon , Jonathan Daly
- Young Man With a Horn with Kirk Douglas , Lauren Bacall , Doris Day , Hoagy Carmichael , Juano Hernandez , Jerome Cowan , Mary Beth Hughes , Nestor Paiva , Orley Lindgren , Walter Reed , Alex Gerry , Paul E. Burns , Hugh Charles , Dick Cogan , Paul Dubov , Everett Glass , James Griffith , Helene Heigh , Jack Kruschen , Murray Leonard , Keye Luke , Hugh Murray , Robert O'Neill , Dan Seymour , Burk Symon , Bill Walker , Dean Riesner , Jack Shea , Julius Wechter , Larry Rio , Sid Kane
- The Tin Star with Henry Fonda , Anthony Perkins , Betsy Palmer , Michel Ray , Neville Brand , Lee VanCleef , John McIntire , Mary Webster , Peter Baldwin , Richard Shannon , James Bell , Howard Petrie , Russell Simpson , Hal K. Dawson , Jack Kenney , Mickey Finn , Frank McGrath , Frank Cordell , Bob Kenaston , Tim Sullivan
- Three Husbands with Eve Arden , Ruth Warrick , Vanessa Brown , Howard DaSilva , Shepperd Strudwick , Robert Karnes , Emlyn Williams , Billie Burke , Louise Erickson , Jonathan Hale , Jane Darwell , John Dierkes , Richard Flato , Benson Fong , Alvin Hammer , Jerry Hausner , Maurice Marsac , Marta Mitrovich , Ralph Peters , Dorothy Vaughan , Dorothea Wolbert , Stanley Prager
- He Walked by Night with Richard Basehart , Scott Brady , Roy Roberts , Whit Bissell , James B. Cardwell , Dorothy Adams , Jane Adams , Jack Bailey , George Chan , John Dehner , Ann Doran , Rex Downing , Paul Fierro , Byron K. Foulger , George Goodman , Tim Graham , Reed Hadley , Harry Sr. Harvey , Virginia Hunter , Anthony Jochim , Stan Johnson , Donald Kerr , Lyle Latell , Rory Mallinson , Billy Mauch , John McGuire , Charles Meredith , Carlotta Monti , Bert Moorhouse , Jim Nolan , John Parrish , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , John Perri , Ruth Robinson , Paul Scardon , Bernard Suss , Kenneth Tobey , Wally Vernon , Harlan Warde , Mary Ware , Robert B. Williams , Michael Dugan , Tommy Kelly , Jack Webb , Felice Ingersoll , Alma Beltran , Garrett Craig , Kay Garrett , Tom Browne Henry , Louise Kane , Earl Spainard , Florence Stephens , Charles Lang
- Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Bennett , Don Taylor , Billie Burke , Russ Tamblyn , Leo G. Carroll , Moroni Olsen , Melville Cooper , Taylor Holmes , Frank Orth , Tom Irish , Marietta Canty , Richard Alexander , William Norton Bailey , Fay Baker , Oliver Blake , Lillian Bronson , Aileen Carlyle , Carleton Carpenter , Lucille Curtis , Boyd Davis , Chris Drake , Jacqueline Duval , Ella Ethridge , Edward Gargan , William E. Green , William Haade , Sherry Hall , Paul Harvey , Bradford Hatton , Jim Hayward , Thomas Browne Henry , Stuart Holmes , Frank Hyers , Peggy Leon , Paul Maxey , Mickey McCardle , Philo McCullough , Patricia Miller , Gil Perkins , Ralph Peters , Lee Phelps , Dorothy Phillips , William "Bill" Phillips , Dewey Robinson , Fred Santley , Douglas Spencer , Harry Dean Stanton , Willard Waterman , John Welsh , Dick Wessel , Jeff York , Peter Thompson , Joe Jr. Brown , Gene Coogan , Estelle Etterre , Betty Farrington , Anne Kunde , Nancy Valentine , Wendy Waldron , Walter Kelly , Don Anderson , Mickey Golden , Erin Selwyn , Mary Jane Smith , Frank Richards , Roger Moore
- The Asphalt Jungle with Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern , James Whitmore , Jean Hagen , Sam Jaffe , John McIntire , Marilyn Monroe , Marc Lawrence , Barry Kelley , Anthony Caruso , Teresa Celli , Wee Willie Davis , Dorothy Tree , Brad Dexter , John Maxwell , Benny Burt , John Cliff , Henry Corden , Ralph Dunn , Pat Flaherty , Alex Gerry , Saul Gorss , Fred Graham , Don Haggerty , Eloise Hardt , Strother Martin , Patricia Miller , Howard M. Mitchell , Alberto Morin , Kerry O'Day , Raymond Roe , Henry Rowland , James Seay , Helene Stanley , Ray Teal , Bill Washington , Judith Wood , Wilson Wood , Jack Shea , Tom Browne Henry , Tim Ryan , Joseph Darr Smith





